| Do you love listening to that smooth, toe-tapping | | | | dance music. Many of the most famous musicians |
| music we call jazz? Do you love to dance with | | | | the world has every heard were swing jazz |
| your significant other to the sounds of Fats | | | | musicians. The famous jazz swing players include |
| Domino, Louis Armstrong, or Duke Ellington? | | | | people such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, The |
| While it's undoubtedly cool to use words like | | | | Dorsey Brothers, Glenn Miller, and Louis |
| 'Swing', 'Bebop' or 'Bossa Nova' when describing a | | | | Armstrong, to name a few. Of course, the genre |
| jazz style, not very many people really know the | | | | of ballroom dance called swing grew out of jazz |
| difference between Hot Jazz, Classic Jazz or | | | | swing music. |
| Afro-Cuban Jazz. If you don't know the difference | | | | Bebop: Immortalized by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie |
| between one style of jazz and another, this article | | | | and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker who engaged |
| is for you. Read on if you want to up your cool | | | | in chordal improvisations, Bebop was a complete |
| quotient while discussing Hot Jazz: | | | | deviation from mainstream jazz that was typically |
| Classic Jazz: More popularly called 'New Orleans | | | | derived from the melodic line. |
| jazz' because of its origins, classic jazz originated | | | | Bossa Nova: Initiated as "Brazilian jazz" by |
| in the late 1800's - early 1900's with brass bands | | | | Brazilian's Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto, |
| performing for dances and parties using an | | | | Bossa Nova is a blend of seductive Brazilian |
| assortment of musical instruments including the | | | | samba rhythms, classical European harmonies and |
| trombone, saxophone, tuba, clarinet, cornet, | | | | West Coast cool. Adopting the Bossa Nova style, |
| guitar, bass, drums and cornet. At the time, | | | | West Coast saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist |
| musical arrangements varied significantly from one | | | | Charlie Byrd gave this jazz form a huge boost in |
| performance to another. | | | | the United States around 1962. |
| Hot Jazz: Pioneered by Louis Armstrong, hot jazz | | | | Afro-Cuban Jazz: Also known as Latin jazz, |
| was characterized by improvised solos that built | | | | Afro-Cuban jazz can be traced back to |
| up to an emotional and 'hot' crescendo that was | | | | percussionist Chano Pozo and trumpeter- arranger |
| supported by bass, drums and guitar or banjo. | | | | Mario Bauza. Characterized by its highly infectious |
| Chicago Style Jazz: If New Orleans was the birth | | | | rhythms combined with Jazz improvisations, |
| place of jazz, Chicago was the breeding ground. | | | | Afro-Cuban jazz is typically played using rhythm |
| Several young, dynamic players including Bud | | | | instruments including bongo, timbale, conga along |
| Freeman, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa and Eddie | | | | with assorted Latin percussion instruments and is |
| Condon significantly furthered jazz improvisations | | | | often accompanied by guitar or piano and joined |
| with a combination of high technical ability and | | | | by vocals or horns. |
| harmonic, innovative arrangements. | | | | Now that you know what the different types of |
| Swing: During the classic 1930's, most Jazz groups | | | | jazz music are, you can speak intelligently about |
| were Big Bands who played a robust and | | | | the music that you love! So get out there and |
| invigorating version of Classic Jazz. More popularly | | | | have some great jazzy fun! |
| called Swing, for the first time jazz was used as | | | | |